| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 30 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 30 | 55 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 31 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 31 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 29 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 31 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 31 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 31 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 31 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 31 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 31 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 30 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 30 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 30 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 31 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 31 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | |||